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Tomorrow is my ex-wife’s birthday, and as that memory surfaced my mind played some rapid word association and went directly to Sex and the City, without passing Go or collecting $200. It was one of her favourite shows, and something we watched together quite regularly.

It’s often wrongly perceived as a show for women, but that’s both narrow-minded and inaccurate. If a joke makes me laugh it doesn’t really matter who its target demographic is, and Sex and the City made me laugh a lot.

Sex and the City followed the escapades of four (initially single) best friends. Carrie was the emotional core of the show; Miranda was the cynical one who always told it straight; Charlotte was the demure and (usually) reserved one; and Samantha was the catalyst for most of the outrageous sexual encounters.

The show was very adult in nature, and not for the easily-offended. Even by today’s relaxed standards it feels a little edgy. Its life was extended by a couple of movies, but taking their varying successes and failures out of the equation, the story told throughout the original ninety-plus episodes was cleverly written and well performed. Despite its overtly sexual tone, Sex and the City was a show that – to use an unfortunate pun – never really had any dry spots either.

And yes, I’ve been on the Sex and the City tour in New York – it was fabulous!

I am a Scotland based Australian with over 100 publications - humour (Defenestration) to horror (Murky Depths), mystery (FMAM) to mainstream (Underground Voices), and everything in between. My work also appears in several paperback anthologies, including Read by Dawn (Volume 1, 2, 3), The One That Got Away, and Damnation & Dames.

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